For half term my friend Hannah and I decided to go on a little adventure to Amboseli. Hannah had bought a car a week earlier, so after lots of scrounging for camping equipment we packed up the car and off we set. I sensibly took only camping clothes-heels and make up stayed behind....so how on earth did the car look like this-a 3 day camping trip for two people?!
We set off on various roads, guided by a map scribbled out by a friend, which contained just 4 turnings....amazingly we arrived safely! Our journey wasn't without adventure though....going to the toilet was one.... after several hours on the road, it was time for a toilet break, by toilet I mean tree.....well, that would be fair enough if the trees weren't incredibly thin and sparse en route. We drove on. Bumpy roads-didn't help! Eventually a sort of bank appeared that we thought could work. Getting up the sandy bank without fits of giggles was a feat in itself, which was rewarded by a load of thorns. Hannah, the experienced camper went first and was soon back in the car, scratch free. I made the mistake of not only scratching my hands and legs badly, but looking around to see lots of Maasai tribal people around, watching.... Let's just say I ran down pretty fast and we speedily drove off.
Amboseli is beautiful. Kilimanjaro is visible and it is very open terrain so easy to see the animals. I got to see my first elephant and hippo in the wild!!
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| Kilimanjaro in the background! |
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| So cool, hippos at last!! |
It was lush driving around and spotting hyenas, lions, giraffe....there were so many animals, it was brill! My fav pic had to be zebras, find them fascinating.
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| Zebra bottoms! |
I don’t think Hannah realised just how inexperienced I was when it came to camping, but she patiently took it in her stride, and together we managed to put up our tent, and it stayed! Was a very proud achievement! Not sure I will ever become a seasoned camper, but was fun!
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| Starting out on our morning game drive |
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